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Listen again: Who was Omar ibn Said?


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After two years of postponements, the world premiere of the opera "Omar" is slated for this year's Spoleto Festival USA. With the 2022 lineup for the major performing arts event now available, we're revisiting our episode about the namesake for this highly-anticipated opera, Omar ibn Said. Photographer Gavin McIntyre and reporter Jennifer Berry Hawes shared what their reporting process, which took them all the way to Senegal, revealed about the life of the Muslim scholar was enslaved and sold in Charleston, S.C.
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